Because without the backers, there wouldn’t be Tower Unite.
Backers are donors. The difference is when they donated, that’s all. The issue is, imagine being a backer and then being told that you, the person who made the project a thing and donated to it, cannot get items that donors from the previous game get. Is that fair? So we decided that the backers get the exclusive items as well. They’re still exclusive items that no one but supporters of PixelTail Games can get.
It basically came up because we started porting the old trophies over and realized quickly that the backers backed at $15 to get a single trophy, but the legacy donors (who didn’t back Tower Unite) got 10 trophies. Just doesn’t seem fair.
We’re giving these items to Legacy Donors as a thankful gesture.
If it matters, Legacy Donors will be the only ones to get the VIP basket.
To add on as a final note about this whole thing, I am personally tired of exclusive items. No one ever seems to be happy no matter which way they go.